Definition of steal

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Steal (v. t.) To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.

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Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..
Steal :: Stealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stea.
Manstealer :: Manstealer (n.) A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings.
Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..
Deerstalking :: Deerstalking (n.) The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares..
Whitlow :: Whitlow (a.) An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone..
Abaction :: Abaction (n.) Stealing cattle on a large scale.
Prohibit :: Prohibit (v. t.) To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing..
Filch :: Filch (v. t.) To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer..
Unhoard :: Unhoard (v. t.) To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer.
Plagiarize :: Plagiarize (v. t.) To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another).
Periosteal :: Periosteal (a.) Situated around bone; of or pertaining to the periosteum.
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us..
Pick :: Pick (v. i.) To steal; to pilfer.
Pilfer :: Pilfer (v. t.) To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little.
Stealthiness :: Stealthily (adv.) In a stealthy manner.
Fibrochondrosteal :: Fibrochondrosteal (a.) Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous..
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie..
Stole :: Steal (n.) A handle; a stale, or stele..
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